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Technology innovation and history

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Doug Engelbart was the inventor of what computer accessory? The first one was made from wood.

a)

Keyboard

b)

Mouse

c)

Speaker

d)

External hard drive

2.

What does "TED" stand for in the context of the popularized TED Talks and Conferences?

a)

Technology, Education, Design

b)

Treat Everyone Decently

c)

The Emperor's Decree

d)

Technology Entertainment Design

3.

Who is considered to be The Father of Artificial Intelligence?

a)

John McAfee

b)

John McCarthy

c)

George Soros

d)

Ron Rivest

4.

What year did the first iPhone launch?

a)

2007

b)

1999

c)

2005

d)

2001

5.

What cult British TV series focused on three members of the IT department at the fictional Reynholm Industries?

a)

Devs

b)

Department Of Truth

c)

The IT Crowd

d)

Silicon Valley

6.

During Apple's 2017 presentation of its new line of iPhones it included their new form of biometric security and authentication under what name? Note we are looking for the actual brand name used by Apple for this feature.

a)

Apple ID

b)

Smart ID

c)

Face ID

d)

HID

7.

Kevin Mitnick is widely regarded as one of the most well-known American computer hackers, starting with his 1981 escapades stealing computer manuals from Pacific Bell. His 1982 hack of the North American Defense Command (NORAD) inspired what 1983 film featuring Matthew Broderick?

a)

CitizenFour

b)

Blackhat

c)

Terminator 2

d)

WarGames

8.

Paul Allen, an American billionaire who passed away in 2018, was the owner of the Portland Trailblazers (NBA), Seattle Seahawks (NFL), and a part owner of the Seattle Sounders (MLS). Before entering the world of sports ownership, Allen was best known for co-founding what company?

a)

Microsoft

b)

Erste

c)

DELL

d)

Oracle

9.

Consisting of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in "low Earth orbit," what is the name of the "satellite internet constellation" that is being constructed by Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide satellite internet access? Naturally, the devices are primarily powered by solar panels.

a)

Boring Company

b)

SpaceLink

c)

StarX

d)

Starlink

10.

What was the name of the controversial software surveillance system developed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and used during investigations circa 2000–2002?

a)

PRISM

b)

Windows XP

c)

Carnivore

d)

FinSpy

11.

Who is known as the father of computer graphics?

a)

Timothy Paterson

b)

Ivan Edward Sutherland

c)

Leonard Adleman

d)

Linus Torvalds

12.

Which of these was the first large-scale electronic computer?

a)

LEO

b)

Project 2501

c)

Colossus

d)

Skynet

13.

Who designed the high-speed computers known as supercomputers?

a)

Seymour R. Cray

b)

Larry Page

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Steve Jobs

14.

An American company, founded by Olivier Pomel in 2010, that monitors cloud-scale applications through a SaaS-based data analytics platform, is Data (a)   .

(Hint: Logo may helps.)

15.

What English man was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, and is largely considered the originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer?

a)

John von Neumann

b)

Adi Shamir

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Isaac Newton

16.

What technology helps make telephone calls over the Internet possible?

a)

Bluetooth

b)

VoIP

c)

Ethernet

d)

NFC

17.

Which of these was consider as the first supercomputer?

a)

Cray-1

b)

Commodore 64

c)

CDC 6600

d)

All of them

18.

What was the name of the chess-playing computer that made history when it defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1996?

a)

Chess Master

b)

Deep Blue

c)

Chess Hero

d)

Stockfish

19.

The largest key on the Keyboard is  (a)   .

20.

Created in 1990, what was the name of the first internet search engine?

a)

Archer

b)

DuckDuckGo

c)

Archie

d)

Google